the issue is some note -- the institute, as i mentioned before is involved in the discussion of science and technology as it affects our national security. it's been our goal for the 18 years of our existence to help be a place where the discussion can be held in a forum that encourages the policy based upon good academic scholarship and input. your participation today, not just in this listening to the speaker but interacting with them, taking away what they have said, and publishing and being an evolved and contributing yourself to the issue we think is a prime importance. it's only with the interaction with all of us combined we can hope to address issues as thorny as that as a cyber issue in and around washington, d.c. a quick note before i turn it over to the mod rayer at a time. i'm an electronic call engineer, at least i was thirty years ago when i got a degree. it's not probably not worth anything today. but issue in elect call engineering was discuss between the hardware guys and the software guys. who is at fall for breaking. the hardware guys blame the other and the other bla